Calling The Creators

We will be featuring work by local Lee County residents in each issue of LIVE Lee that does not have a dedicated theme. We would love to feature short stories, poetry, artwork, paintings and more. If you are interested in sharing with us, please email us at editor@opelikaobserver.com.

Piece of Peace

By Frank Buchannon:

Some losses aren’t measurable; Not with a ruler, Or a clock, Or a scale, Or any tool under the sun.

Some losses are transcendental; They take you above yourself, In such a way,

That you become a new self: Never the same again after it.

Some losses devour your peace, So steadily and so deeply, That even after years of dealing with it, You’ll never have complete silence within your soul ever again. You attentively hear the intense, constant humming sound, while completely isolated Echo through the stillness, In such a way, That it becomes a horror ballad, Of a love loss, That cannot be replaced, Erased, Or faced, Directly, Because it directly Rerouted your whole life, In a blink of an eye, FOREVER.

Nothing feels the same. Your joy becomes something lesser, After some losses, Despite you having all the divine fortune Under the sun

Poetry From Susanna Freeman:

Our Jesus is to us a true friend For His love will never, ever end He is always by our side In Him we can confide

When we come to Him in prayer

Radiate onto you, In unimaginable blessings. Your song of joy, Now has a reverbation of intense melancholy Intermingled in it, In an inseparable manner, That no tool can pry the darkness or pain

From the melody that suppose to make you dance with no restraints.

Some losses

Make your heart slump, Even after rebuilding it, — Piece by piece, Second after second, Minute after minute, Hour after hour, Day after day, Week after week, Month after month, Season after season, And year after years, — with all your will power, All your strength, All your determination, All your persistence, Just to realize, That your heart will never be the same! Therefore, Unwillingly and begrudgingly, You compromise, For the hope of a Piece of peace...

Since whole peace, After your life-changing loss, Cease to exist.

Piece of peace...

Without fail He’s always there He turns to us a list’ning ear He bottles every single tear

We can give Him all our pain

He redeems it for our gain Although right now we may not see He’s weaving a beautiful tapestry

Our lives will tell the perfect story That He is writing for His glory

Allen Asphalt, 66

AuburnBank, 62

Ballard Pest Management, 26

Beauregard Drugs, 82

Better Bodies Massage Institute, 38

Budget Blinds, 43

Butcher Paper BBQ, 42

City of Opelika, 66

Closet’s By Design, 3

Cusseta Laundromat, 82

Day Hair Salon, 5

Edward Jones, 38

Foodie’s Gourmet Cafe and Bodega, 37

Frederick Dean Funeral Home, 63

Glynn Smith Chevrolet-Buick-GMC, 84

Goree’s Furniture Express, 27

Harvest Thrift, 63

Hilyer & Associates, CPAs, 42

Huddle House, 6

Insurance Solutions Group, 78

Jay & Susie Gouge Performing Arts, 34,35

Jeffcoat Trant Funeral Home, 66

Market St. Paint Shop, 26

Meals Chiropractic, 55

Oline Price, Lee Co. Revenue Commissioner, 19

Opelika High Theatre Society, 50

Opelika Main Street, 78

Opelika Police Department, 2

Opelika Sportsplext, 83

Orthopedic Clinic, 7

Perception Therapy, 6

Price Small Engine, 59

Sheriff Jay Jones, 77

Simply Media, 26

Stitch Therapy, 82

Summer Village, 55

Sweet Gee’s Restaurant and Catering, 43

Taylor Made designs, 38

The Growing Room, 55

Trinity Presbyterian, 38

Tripp Walton Law, 42

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